Garment hanger



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a//a/f aa/w Y BWM Patented Apr. 1l, 1950 GARMENT HANGER Walter Ludwig, Detroit, Mich., assignor to L.A. Young Spring, & Wire Corporation, Detroit, Mich., a corporation of Michigan Original application August 24, 1946, Seriall No. n 692,766. Divided and this application July- 11, 1947, Serial No. '760,383

(Cl. 223f92) Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in garment hangers.

This application is a division of application, Serial No. 692,766, led August 24, 1946, for Method of making yokes for garment hangers which resulted in U. S. Patent No. 2,460,939, dated Feb. 8, 1949.

The main objects of the invention are:

First, to provide a yoke for a garment hangerwhich is of tubular cross section and is of fibrous material and which is conformed and shaped to provide strength and rigidity and adapted to smoothly engage `a garment supported thereon.

Second, ,to provdea garment supporting member of fibrous material and of tubular cross section having the bottom wall'thereof conformed and shaped to facilitate ready connection thereto of garment supporting means to depend-ngly support a garment from beneath said supporting member.

Third, to provide a garment supportingvmember of the type above described which facilitates econorny ofv production.

Further objects relating to details and economes of production will appear from the description to follow. The invention is defined in the claims.

A structure illustrating preferred embodiments of the invention are shown in the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a garment supporter embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan View of the yoke member of the garment supporter.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary View longitudinally of the garment supporter showing a portion of the yoke member in vertical section.

Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical sectional view of yoke arm on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section of the yoke at the apex thereof on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawing, reference numeral I designates the yoke of the garment supporter, the yokebeing provided with downwardly diverging garment supporting arms 2, and being of tubular cross section and of fibrous material, the yoke I at the Iapex 3 thereof has its underwall 4 upwardly collapsed against the upper wall 5 of the yoke longitudinally centrally thereof to provide a longitudinal central groove-like recess 6 in the underwall as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 5 to impart rigidity and strength to the yoke at the apex thereof. A suspending hook receiving opening I elongated in the direction of the length of the 2 yoke and disposed at the apex thereof extendsy through the upper and lower walls of the yoke and intersects the groove-,like recess 6. A sus?. pendingfhook designated generally byf the numeral'v` 8 is provided' with a hook portion 9, a shankpor. tion Illk and ay yoke supporting looped member II. The shank portion It. extends through the. elongated opening 1, and the yoke supporting looped member II is disposed in the longitudinal groove-like recess 6.

TheYOKe arms 2 are downwardly bent at theirouter ends I2 to smoothly engage the,- garmentv at theshouldersthereof. These downwardly bent portions are formed by collapsing the. yunderwall of the yoke, longitudinallycentrally .i-,hereofy ver-l tically upwardly in abutting relation with the upper wall of; the yoke forming thedownwardly.l opening groove-like recesses I3, in the bottom wall as shown in Fig. 2.v These groove-like, recesses, facilitate bending the end; portions I2 into downr wardly curved form andl impart rigidity andAV strength to the outer ends of the, yokearmgs.

The.. yoke arms 2; intermediate theapx- 3` of the yoke and the outer ends I2 of the arms are provided with the openings I4 extending through the lower wall of the arms. These openings are formed by cutting spaced longitudinal slits I5 through the underwall of the yoke arms and collapsing the under wall portion I6 upwardly on the outer sides of the slits, forming the longitudinally extending supporting strands I1 spaced downwardly from the upwardly collapsed portions I6 of the bottom wall of the yoke arms, as shown in Fig. 1. The openings I4 are adapted to receive safety pins I8 or other suitable attaching means for detachably and dependingly supporting a garment from beneath the yoke, the loops or strands I'I constituting means for supporting the safety pins I8 or other attaching means.

The yoke I of the garment supporter is formed of a paper tube comprising a plurality of plies or layers I9 convolutely or otherwise wound to tubular formation and cemented or glued together at 2l! as shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5. The tubing in its entirety including all the conforming and shaping operations, as the upward collapsing of the bottom wall Aat the apex 3, the outer ends I2 of the arms 2 and at i6 on the outer sides of the slits I5 as well as the formation of the groove-like recesses 6 and I3 may be quite promptly performed after the tube has been wound to tubular formation and before the glue or adhesive 20 used in cementing the plies or layers together has set. This, as described in the above mentioned parent application, facilitates slipping of the plies relative to 3 each other during the conforming and collapsing operation, and permanent retention of the same to the conformed or collapsed shape after the adhesive has set.

The foregoing structures are characterized by their simplicity and the inexpensiveness in the production thereof, the rigidity and strength thereof and their effectiveness in supporting a garment. The structures, are such that they may be readily produced by very simple means and by relatively few easily performed steps.

I have illustrated and described very practical embodiments of my invention. I have not attempted to illustrate or describe other adaptations or modications of my invention as it is believed this disclosure will enable those skilled in the art to embody or adapt my invention as may be desired.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a garment supporter, a yoke member of tubular cross section and of iibrous material and having downwardly diverging garment supporting arms, the under wall of each of the yoke arms having a pair of laterally spaced slits extending through and longitudinally of the under wall, the under wall on the outersides of said pair of slits being upwardly collapsed to form an opening through the yoke arm for receiving means to dependingly support a garment from beneath the yoke member.

2. In a garment supporter, a yoke member of tubular cross section and of fibrous material and having downwardly diverging garment supporting arms, the under wall of each of the yoke arms` having a pair of laterally spaced slits extending through the under wall, the under wall on the outersides of said pair of slits being upwardly co1- lapsed to form an opening through the yoke arm for receiving means to dependingly support a garment from beneath the yoke member.

3. In a garment hanger, a garment supporting member of tubular cross section and of iibrous material and having a pair of laterally spaced slits through a wall thereof extending longitudinally of the wall, said-wall being inwardly collapsed on the outer sides of said pair of slits to form an opening through the garment supporting member for receiving means for attaching a garment to said member.

4. In a garment hanger, a garment supporting member of tubular cross section and of brous material and having a pair of laterally spaced slits through a wall thereof, said wall being inwardly collapsed on the outer sides of said pair of slits to form an opening through the garment supporting member for receiving means for atf taching a garment to the garment supporting iil) member.

5. In a garment hanger, a garment supporting member formed of a plurality of plies of paper wound to tubular formation and having adhesive therebetween for securing the same together, the underwall of said supporting member having a pair of laterally spaced slits extending through i the underwall, the underwall on the outer sides of said slits being upwardly collapsed to form an opening through said underwall for receiving means to dependingly support a garment from beneath said supporting member, the adhesive for connecting said plies of paper setting after upward collapsing of the underwall on the outer sides of said slits to facilitate retention of said underwall in such upwardly collapsed condition.

WALTER LUDWIG.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,307,558 Young Jan. 5, 1943 2,334,371 Young Nov. 16, 1943 

